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In the truncated versions, this feels like a simple bet. In the text, it is a treatise on narcissism. Merteuil’s letters reveal a woman sculpted by a patriarchal society into a monster. She explicitly states that she is her own creation—a work of art. To read her full monologue (Letter 81) about how she learned to dissimulate as a teenager is to understand the feminist horror at the core of the book.
Whether you are looking for the , the 1988 film , or the modern remakes , the core of Dangerous Liaisons ( Les Liaisons dangereuses ) remains the same: a high-stakes, ruthless game of seduction and revenge played by the French aristocracy. dangerous liaisons full
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Set in the final decades of pre-Revolutionary France, the novel follows two aristocratic former lovers and ruthless strategists: the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont. Bored with the frivolous rituals of high society, they devise a game of seduction as a form of entertainment and revenge. In the truncated versions, this feels like a simple bet